Losing Isaiah

While craving her next hit, Khaila Richards (Halle Berry), an African-American crack cocaine addiction, abandons her baby Isaiah in the rubbish. She promises to "come back later", but then passes out from the drug. The next day, the baby narrowly escapes death in the garbage truck. Then, Isaiah is sent to the hospital, where they discover he is also addicted to crack through his mother's addiction. While caring for Isaiah, a social worker named Margaret Lewin (Jessica Lange) grows increasingly fond of him and eventually adoption him to live with her and her husband, Charles (David Strathairn) and daughter, Hannah. Meanwhile, Khaila is caught shoplifting and is sent to drug rehabilitation, unaware Isaiah is alive.

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  • TheTVDB.com Movie ID 12204
  • Status Released
  • Released Worldwide March 17, 1995
  • Runtime 106 minutes
  • Genres Drama
  • Original Country United States of America
  • Original Language English
  • Spoken Languages English
  • Studio Paramount Pictures
  • Production Company Paramount Pictures
  • Production Countries United States of America
  • On Other Sites IMDB TheMovieDB.com
  • Box Office Worldwide $7,600,000
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